Double bead barrel head



Fell 9, 1943. W. lH. VEENEMAN 2,310,885

DOUBLE BEAD BAR/REL HEAD Filed May s, 1941 www' i f /ff/ UM QLMMW,

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Patented Feb. 9, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DOUBLE BEAD BARREL HEAD Application May 3, 1941, Serial No. 391,797

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to improvements in double bead barrel heads, and more particularly relates to a sealed type of barrel suitable for the storing and aging of whiskey or other alcoholic products.

It is an object of the invention to utilize parafn, or some other adequate sealing material, to effectively seal the heads of whiskey barrels, and to improve the construction of the barrel and the head to receive the sealing material in an improved and more effective manner.

It is another object of the invention to provide a substantially leak-proof joint between the Croze and the head bead of a barrel to avoid the loss of the contents either by seepage of the liquid or the evaporation and escape of such contents, either of which is commercially harmful in the aging of whiskey.

A further object of the invention is to provide a double croze with a two-beaded head for the barrel with a novel arrangement of parain or other sealing material in and around the joint.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention will be more fully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out in the claim appended hereto.

In the drawing, wherein like symbols refer to like or corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a vertical section taken through an improved barrel construction in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary perspective view taken on an enlarged scale, showing the double croze construction in the barrel staves.

Figure 3 is an edge view, with parts broken away, of the improved head construction showing the double bead, and

Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective View showing the double bead of the head fitting with paraffin seal into the double croze of the barrel.

Referring more particularly to the drawing 5 designates the staves of the barrel which are provided in suitable numbers and assembled to provide the barrel of suitable capacity for holding whiskey and the like in warehouses or during transportation.

Within the chime B there may be provided the usual howel, although the double croze and twobeaded head construction make the howel a construction that is no longer indispensable.

As shown in Figure 2 the staves are formed with a double croze construction in which 'I and 8 represent the outer and inner walls of the croze;` both walls diverging relatively inwardly toward the axis of the barrel. These walls 1 and 8 are separated a substantial distance from one another as compared with the similar walls of single-Croze barrel construction; and accommodate within the annular zone defined by them a triangular or V-shaped ring 9 having its base disposed outwardly and its apex edge I0 disposed inwardly.

The walls II and I2 of the ring 9 diverge outwardly from the circumferential apex line Ill. In other words the walls yI I and I2 incline reversely with respect to the directions of inclination of walls 'I and 8. Thus the mutual opposed walls I and II define a wedge-shaped, triangular or V-shaped recess or groove forming substantially one-half of the croze.

In a similar way the mutual walls 8 and I2 contribute to form a wedge-shaped, triangular or V-shaped annular groove or recess lying inwardly of the rst mentioned groove or recess and adjoining the same over the circumferential apex line I0, and constitute a second croze. The altitude of the triangle 9 is preferably less than the altitudes of the triangular recesses which it divides; or to state the matter in another way the apex I0 is spaced outwardly from the plane of the inner walls of the staves 5.

As shown more particularly in Figure 3 each head I3 of the barrel is formed with a double bead construction in which the inclined walls I4 and I5 cooperate to form one bead having a circumferential apex line I6 and the walls I'I and I8 mutually cooperate to form the second bead with the circumferential apex line III. The beads are spaced apart by a wedge shaped annular groove or recess having its imaginary base line outwardly and its circumferential apex 20 disposed inwardly at the conjunction or intersection of the walls I5 and I'I which diverge outwardly from the point 20. 'Ihe walls I4 and I8 diverge inwardly from the apex lines 2| and 22.

In Figure 4 I have shown sealing material, such as parafn spread in four zones 23, 24, 25 and 26. The Zone 23 follows the walls lI and I4 of the outer croze and outer bead. The second Zone 24 follows the walls II and I5. The third zone 25 follows the walls I2 and II; and the walls of innermost zone 26 of sealing material follows the walls 8 and I8.

In the use of the device the head I3 is assembled in the barrel 5 in the manner indicated in Figures 1 and 4, sealing material having been previously applied or being later flowed into the spaces between the various Walls so as to take up the zone positions heretofore mentioned. As seen in Figure 4 the construction affords substantially three wedges of an intertting and overlapping arrangement which not only increase the distance or depth of the parain seal but cause it to take up a zig-zag position which is not conducive lto -leakage of either yliquid or gas. Moreover this construction is conducive to a small thickness of parain to avoid Waste While securing the most eiective results and also to prevent the undesirable large accumulation `0f paraiin in the joint around the outsidel of the head. The pointed ends 2|, A"lll and 22 tend -to drive the paraffin solidly into th'e-crt'c'hes opposite those points. The inner and outer recesses of the croze communicate across-apex im foreasy application of the paran to both recesses in common prior to the placing of the head and Athen .permit the freer `flow of the paralin into both .recesses when the '.double b'ead head is put .into place. This :construction forms a better .pocket for the 'paraiin It will be appreciated that `theuse of Afparaitn in this manner will effectively seal the heads yof whiskey barrels. The .effect is to line lthe 'crozeof the b'arrel with paraffin. The arrangement also permits the breaking out of :the head without any substantial loss of the fparaii'n or `without anyadve'rsesresulton the contents ofthe barrel.

It is obvious that various changes and modications may be made in the details of construction and design of the above specifically described embodiment of this invention Without departing from the spirit thereof, such changes and modifications being restricted only by the scope of the following claim.

Whatis claimed is:

A barrel construction comprising a barrel body having a Croze comprised of annular recesses of substantially wedge form in cross-section with the apexes directed radially outward from the barrel aXis,-a Wedge ring of Wedge cross sectional form having its apex directed inwardly of the barrel `aXis and dividing the major portions of saidrecessealthe altitude of the triangular Wedge ring being less than the altitudes of the trianvgular recesses topermit the recesses to communicate across the apex of the wedge ring, a barrel head having a plurality of beads each being of `Wedge 'form lin cross .section with -the apices dirented. radially .outwardlfromthe barrel-axissaid beads fbeirrg separated by a Wedge-shaped'recess kadapted to receive the Wedge ring `o'f .the vbarrel body While the beads occupy therccess'esbfthe barrel fbody, said .Croze recesses and said beads mutually interfltting Iloosely lto :provide Aa fourzone zig-'zag path of .substantial length and narrow .dep'th to receive linings'of sealing material. 

